Total Crime Rate

179.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 179.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Verdi Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Verdi Avenue (L21 4NH) in the last 12 months was 179.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% lower than the Linacre average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Verdi Avenue (L21 4NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maple Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Grove (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Verdi Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balfe Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cookson Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muspratt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Close
Sep 2025Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Caradoc Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caradoc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Deepdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Deepdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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